Glamorgan win surprise place in Twenty20 Cup as Yorkshire lose appeal

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Glamorgan were celebrating an extraordinary reversal of fortunes last night when they were reinstated into the Twenty20 Cup, reviving their chances of securing a place in the lucrative Champions League.

After an ECB appeal panel hearing in Taunton, Yorkshire remain excluded from the competition for fielding an ineligible player, but Glamorgan, rather than Nottinghamshire, are through to the quarter-finals.

While it was no surprise that Yorkshire were not allowed back in, last night’s verdict was a crushing blow to Nottinghamshire, who had been told by the original disciplinary panel that they would advance to the last eight. Instead, Glamorgan will